Chapter Two! There's a little MalexMale in this chapter, but it's not really. You'll see what I mean. Anywho, please enjoy!

Misguided Jealousy

Chapter Two

Shachi was sitting in the midst of a strip club that was rather hot. The rest of the crew was there, sitting at various tables, watching the girls up on the stage. Shachi wasn't too concerned with the woman – he was looking through the crowd trying to spot his best friend.

When he realized that Penguin was not sitting amongst the crew, he frowned and crossed his arms over his chest. He watched the stage, wondering if the bill-hatted male was watching the sub while the rest of the crew was out. Suddenly, the lights around the tables dimmed dramatically, and a spotlight turned on, lighting up the whole stage. Cheers and whoops came from the crowd as the curtains opened to reveal the blue-and-yellow hatted man standing there.

Shachi's emerald eyes almost popped out of his skull. What was Penguin doing up there?! He watched, wide-eyed, as music started to play and his friend walked towards the end of the stage where a pole was shining in the spotlight. Whistles echoed through the room as Penguin's long, slim fingers danced their way up to his hat. In one fluid movement, he tore the hat off of his head, freeing his shimmering silver hair and beautiful amethyst eyes. He tossed his hat right at Shachi, and it landed right in Shachi's lap.

The casquette-hatted male gasped slightly. He watched hungrily from his seat as those long, pale fingers trailed down to the button at the collar of his jump suit. He gently swayed his hips from side to side as he unbuttoned his collar and grasped the zipper underneath.

Slowly, teasingly so, Penguin unzipped his jump suit, revealing that usually hidden toned chest, tantalizing centimeter by tantalizing centimeter. The brunette in the audience felt himself grow hard, and was rather thankful for the billed-hat that was tossed into his lap. He watched as his best friend shimmied himself out of his jumpsuit, leaving him in nothing but dark-blue boxers that hung low on his hips.

Pale fingers trailed up and down his body, teasingly touching himself here and there, heightening Shachi's libido. The pale-haired male let out soft, breathy moans as he brushed past a pert, dusky nipple. He let his hands wander down to his hips, which were still hypnotically swaying back and forth, and hooked a few fingers underneath the waistband of his boxers. Slowly, tantalizingly so, he lowered the boxers, and just as he was about to reveal everything –

Shachi sat upright quickly, smacking his head off of the metal bars that held up the bed on the top bunk. He hissed in pain, and held his head gingerly in his hands.

"Fuck!" The brunette hissed, and pulled his hands away – they had a few splatters of blood on them. "Oh, great."

"Something wrong?"

Shachi whipped his head to face the door, which was a rather bad idea, and smiled softly whenever he saw Penguin standing in the doorway.

"Holy shit," the hatted male said, his mouth dropping open slightly. "What happened?"

"I just bashed my head off of the frame," the brunette replied, covering his head with his hands.

Penguin crossed the room in three strides, and bent down on one knee to look at his friend. He grabbed the other's hands to move them away from the male's forehead.

Shachi inhaled sharply – for some reason, his hands were rather tingly. It wasn't entirely unpleasant, but it was strange. He watched as Penguin studied his injury, before smiling softly.

"This is why you sleep on the top bunk, remember?" The blue-and-yellow hatted man frowned. "You're going to have to see Captain, this is pretty bad."

Without any sort of protesting, Shachi stood up, and then wobbled in place. Sensing the fact that he was dizzy, Penguin wrapped an arm around his friend's waist and helped him to the infirmary on their ship.

As Shachi was getting patched up and diagnosed with a slight concussion, Law told him that he wasn't allowed to do any of his chores for a week, just in case he got dizzy and passed out. So, he decided to go and take a nap.

Shachi made his way back to the shared room, letting his mind wander. Why in the hell was he dreaming of Penguin, of all people, doing that of all things? He sighed softly as he kept walking, knowing exactly why he was dreaming of his best friend in that sort of situation. The brunette realized that he had known for a while, but he never wanted to give it any attention. He was indeed falling head over heels for Penguin.

Shachi stopped outside of the bedroom door, and felt his heart beat a little faster. He had a brilliant idea! He hurried through the halls, looking for his best friend. When he finally did come across Penguin, the hatted man was working in the engine room.

"Hey!" The brunette smiled, noticing how good Penguin looked with a bit of grease smeared here and there.

"Oh, hey. Everything okay?" The hatted man asked, wiping a bit of grime on his white jump suit. His fingers went up to his collar and undid the button, unzipping the front of it. Shachi swallowed slightly, as he watched his friend pull his arms from the sleeves, and then wrap the sleeves around his waist to keep his jump suit there.

"Y-yeah, everything's good," the man with the sunglasses said, licking his lips slightly. "I just can't do anything for a week."

"Well, damn," Penguin said, before picking up a wrench that he left on a nearby pipe.

"Could I hang out with you for the week?" Shachi asked, hoisting himself up on a rather large pipe that was often used for a seat.

The request made the blue-and-yellow hatted male smile. "Of course you can. You're always welcome."

For some reason, the response made both of their chests warm pleasantly. This week was going to be awesome.

Ta-da! Chapter Two! And it's...*glances at clock* 1:19 AM for me! YAY! I'm such a good babysitter. Sitting here, updating on fanfiction, while a child is sleeping in its room and a dog is on my legs so I can't get up. But, I'm happy, so it's all good. :) Anywho, I seem to be really into dream sequences as of late. Wonder why...oh well. And look! Hints of romance in the filtered air of the Heart Pirate's yellow submarine! -^_^- I really hope you all enjoyed this! Please, review, and tell me anything you liked/disliked, or even if you just wanna say 'nice job, you're amazing, keep doing what you're doing'. It makes me happy.

SHOUT OUTS!

To my gorgeous Candy-LoveChocolateAndRock'nRoll, I'm so happy that you love it! You make me blush with your compliments! But, I'll try really hard to keep updating within 1 - 3 days so you won't have to wait for very long! But, thank you for the prompt in the first place!

To my wonderful Candy-Miss Doflamingo, you like this pairing, too? Well, yay! That makes me happy. (Ya know, you can request another story if you want. I have no limit - just ask for one at a time, if you please!) I really hope you'll keep liking where I take this! :D